Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Noboru Yamamoto <[email protected]> · Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:10:01 +0900

Hi,

This is Noboru Yamamoto from KEK, JAPAN.

we have been using Python/TkWiget(based on Tcl/Tk widget and BLT

extension) and start using WxPython widget set in J-PARC control system.

We don't use tool to design GUI but just code it in Python, well, up to

now. WxPython includes a program named XRCed for GUI design, but I do

not have much experience with it (yet).

"Objective-C EPICS framework" distributed as a part of "EPICS Channel

Access Client Installer" from SNS/ORNL can be another possibility, if

you can accept MacOSX.

Regards,

Noboru

Wang Xiaoqiang wrote:

Hi,

Here I have used PyQt to develop GUI programs.

I have made widgets, QLineEdit, QComboBox, Qlabel, QPushButton etc. to

be epics aware.
So each widget handles a PV channel.
In addition, these widgets are also available to Qt Designer,
so you can drag-and-drop and configure the channel name, muck like in
MEDM.

Best,
Xiaoqiang

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emmanuel Mayssat
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:20 PM
To: epics
Subject: epics GUIs (update)

Hello again,

I am trying to develop GUIs for a small epics control system (end-user
station). I am familiar with edm, medm, but am looking for something
which is more recent and slick.

Those days Channel Access have been developed for several 3rd party
programs (python, perl, matlab among others). Do those languages offer
easy GUI-design interface? In the case of python/tk or perl/tk, I have

never seen a drag-and-drop GUI builder.

It exists for matlab. But here the issue is licensing.

What about Qt? python/Qt and such?

What is the status of the java-based epics office?
How difficult/easy is it to develop GUIs?

Anything else I should be considering?

Is anyone using IN PRODUCTION something else than epics/(m)edm?
What about compiled GUI in matlab?

Thank you for your insight,
--
Emmanuel

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System